News Analysis

The Final Resurrection of Honduras' Montes-Bobadilla Clan

The head of the Montes-Bobadilla, a top Honduras drug clan, will be extradited to the US.

Haiti Gang Has Occupied Supreme Court for Almost a Week

For nearly a week, a powerful Haitian gang has forcibly occupied the country’s Palace of Justice, with no response from…

Rivals for the Throne - Can Argentina's Alvarado Clan Threaten the Monos?

The leader of Argentina's Alvarado Clan is behind bars. But as the Monos have shown, running a criminal group from…

Mano Dura Redux: The Price of Mass Gang Arrests in El Salvador

El Salvador has arrested over 40,000 alleged gang members. This seems shocking but it is not without precedent in the…

El Salvador's Security Crackdown May Feed Gang Recruitment

El Salvador's sweeping crackdown, which has seen over 30,000 people arrested, may in fact drive many desperate young people straight…

Powerful New Chemical Used to Cut Cocaine and Crack Found in São Paulo

A large-scale seizure of Irganox 1076 in Brazil show that this cutting agent is now being used to cut large…

Colombian Armed Forces Continue Purge of Ex-FARC Mafia Leaders

The Colombian army has killed two more important dissident FARC leaders in the north and the west of the country.

Prolific Money Launderer Dario Messer Sentenced in Brazil but Paraguay Left Hanging

Dario Messer, one of the most audacious money launderers in Latin American history, is facing jail time in Brazil but…

Sinaloa State Dominates Fentanyl and Meth Production in Mexico

Authorities in Mexico's northern state of Sinaloa have made a string of synthetic drug lab busts, underscoring how the state…

Paraguay May Be Shifting from Producing LSD and MDMA to Consuming Them

Authorities in Paraguay have dismantled a ring that sold a range of synthetic drugs, indicating that this subset of the…

Ecuador Gangs Talk of Peace but May Keep Preparing for War

Ecuador's two leading drug gangs are talking the talk when it comes to peace, but walking the walk may be…

Italy's 'Ndrangheta and Colombia's Urabeños Continue Profitable Partnership

An ingenious Italian-Colombian sting operation has arrested dozens of people on both continents and seized a huge quantity of cocaine,…